Hydrocarbon-gas generator.



L. HENDERSON.

HYDROGARBON GAS GENERATOR.

APPLICATION FILED MAILB, 1905.

PATENTED FEB. 6, 1906.

UNITED srarns.

PATENT, OFFICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 6, 1906.

Application filed March 6, 1905, Serial No. 248,789-

To (cl/l w/wm, it may concern:

Be it known that I, LE0 HENDERSON, acitizen of the United States, residing at Peoria, in the county of Peoria and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hydrocarbon-Gas Generators,

of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates more especially to an orifice is forced in the form of a jet into a com i'ningling-passage and'thence into a superheating-chamber heated by a subburner or its equivalent. This superheating-chamber connects with a suitable conducting-pipe by which the gas may be conveyed to burners located at desired points. The subburner receives its gas from the supply in the conducting-pipe leading to the burners and preferably from a point above said superheatingchamber.

In order to more particularly describe my said invention, reference will be had to the accompanying drawings, wherein similar numorals refer to similar parts throughout the several views, and wherein Figure 1 illustrates a form of my improved generator, partly in section and partly in side elevation; and Fig. 2 is a section taken along the line 2 2 of Fig. 1 and looking in the direction of the arrow.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, 1 represents a casting having a cylindrical .body portion 2, provided with a chamber 3,

which constitutes the superheating-chamber, side openings 4 4 at the end of this chamber forming a commingling-passage, and an end 5 into which extends a duct or passage 6 at right angles to the longitudinal axis of the superheating-chamber. The head of this duct 6 communicates with a small orifice 7, opening into the comminglingpassage in line with the longitudinal axis of the superheatingchamber. This orifice is controlled by a needle-valve 8 of the usual form, which passes through the head of the casting 1. A nipple 9, through which passes the duct 6, is conreceiver 18.

1iected,by means of a suitable coupling 10 ,to a pipe 11, which leads to a source of liquid gasolenel and the nipple 9 is a filter consisting of a small perforated disk 12 and suitable fibrous mate rial 13.

Over the cylindrical portion of the casting 1 fits a sleeve 14, arranged for longitudinal movement on said casting, whereby the extent of the openings 4. may be varied, thereby varying the airsupply to the comminglingpassage. This sleeve 14 carries at one end a broad flange 15, forming a shield for preventing the flame of the subburner from getting into the comniingling-passage.

The superheating-chamber connects with a gas-outlet pipe 16, which may or may not extend into the said chamber, as shown. This pipe 16 is in turn connected to a vertical pipe 17, which connects to the lower end of a gas- Leading from the upper portion of the receiver 18 is a pipe 19, which conducts gas from said receiver to a subburner 20, located beneath the superheating-chant her. This subburner is provided with a suitable drip-pan 21.

In operating the generator liquid hydrocarbon, such as gasolene, is forced under pressure through the pipe 11' and through the :[ilter 12 13 to the valve controlled orifice 7, where it issues in jet form, passing across the commingling-passage into the superheatingchamber, where the vapor is converted into gas, which passes up through the pipe 17 into the receiver 18 and thence. to burners located at desired points. The subburner burns continuously, being supplied with gas from said receiver.

By means of this arrangement I am enabled to secure a generator which lends itself readily to use with the ordinary gas-piping of houses and one which is extremely simple and at the same time eflicient.

Having thus described a form of my invention, what I claim is- Ahydrocarbon-gas generator, having a supply-duet for connection with a source of liquid hydrocarbon, provided with a small valvecontrolled orifice arranged to emit the said liquid hydrocarbon in the form of a jet, a superheatmg chamber arranged in line with said orifice to receive said jet of hydrocarbon,

.a gas-pipe connected to said chamber, a subburner for heating said chamber, means to supply said burner with gas generated in said chamber, a connnmglmg passage between Between the end of the pipe 11 said chamber and said jet-orifice, said com In testimony whereof T'affix' myfsignature mingling-passage being open to the atmosin presence of two Witnesses. phere, a movable sleeve surrounding said pas- HENDERSON sage to vary the size of the opening of said M passage to the atmosphere, and a flame-shield Witnesses:

carried by said sleeve between said subburner CHARLES C. GREENE, and said jet. WILLIAM H. SIMPSON. 

